Close
MyNorthwest
News
Opinion
Sports
Tools
Connect

Foreign ballet dancers leave Russia over war with Ukraine

Andrea Laššáková, left, and Adrian Blake Mitchell rehearse on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell and Andrea Laššáková rehearse with Francine Kessler Lavac, right, on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. Mitchell and Laššáková left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell and Andrea Laššáková, top, rehearse on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell, right, and Andrea Laššáková rehearse with Francine Kessler Lavac, left, on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. Mitchell and Laššáková left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell, left, and Andrea Laššáková rehearse with Francine Kessler Lavac, right, on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. Mitchell and Laššáková left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell, left, and Andrea Laššáková pose for a photo with their dog, Beau, on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell, left, and Andrea Laššáková pose for a photo on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Andrea Laššáková pets her dog, Beau, before rehearsing with her husband, Adrian Blake Mitchell, on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Adrian Blake Mitchell, left, and Andrea Laššáková warm up near their dog, Beau, before rehearsing on Monday, April 18, 2022, in Santa Monica, Calif. The dancers left their positions at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Theatre in St. Petersburg and fled Russia ahead of the invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Foreign ballet dancers leave Russia over war with Ukraine